Racial harassment or a hostile work environment based on race has yielded a $1.2 million jury verdict against Nucor, a steel company.  African-American employees at Nucor's Arkansas plant claimed that they were subjected to racial harassment and a hostile work environment based on race including the following:

• jokes about lynchings and racial slurs were broadcast over the plant's P.A. system
• supervisors belittled and ridiculed black employees
• nooses were displayed in the workplace
  

Each of the six plaintiffs were awarded $100,000 in compensatory damages and $100,000 in puntive damages. 

Source:  Charlotte Business Journal

Racial harassment creating a hostile work environment based on race is against both Kentucky and federal law.

Lexington, Kentucky employment lawyer Robert Abell represents individuals and employees in race discrimination and racial harassment cases.